Several other pilots gave very similar descriptions around the same time and place. So maybe it’s not so out of this world to believe an alien spacecraft could have been on a reconnaissance mission? Let us know what you think in the poll below.

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Gatwick Airport has offered a £50,000 reward, through Crimestoppers, and another £10,000 has been put up by the charity's chairman Lord Ashcroft to catch the culprits responsible for the chaos, which affected around 140,000 passengers.

Sussex Police have admitted that they still do not know who is behind the drone disruption but are following up a "number of persons of interest".

It still isn't clear who was flying the drones that crippled the airport (Image: scanrail / Getty Images)

They believe more than one individual and more than one drone are involved, with more than 50 sightings of the devices in 24 hours.

Sussex Police Assistant Chief Constable Steve Barry said: "We are keeping all options open in terms of what the motivation might have been."

Although when he says all options, we imagine a UFO full of aliens looking to take over the world isn't among them.